Danny Drinkwater

As Chelsea prepare for a run of games every three to four days for the next two to three weeks, it's time for Danny Drinkwater to step in and make the position in our midfield his own.Danny Drinkwater's start to life at Chelsea hasn't been the best through no fault of his own at all.

Chelsea finally managed to get the protracted signing of Danny Drinkwater for £35m on transfer deadline day completed. I look at how much of an impact the midfielder can have at Chelsea under Antonio Conte.

Let's be honest from the beginning of this blog post, if we had put a poll of Chelsea fans together at the end of last season asking who they would want to sign this past summer then Danny Drinkwater would have not been a player that many of us would have stated that they wanted.

Despite all the doom and gloom from those so-called Chelsea fans around the world, looking at our squad now heading into the first half of the season with the new signings that we HAVE made, I am pleased that we have added quality this summer.

Last season it's fair to say that once Antonio Conte settled on his 3-4-3 formation the team was pretty much a settled side with only a couple of positions being rotated (Pedro/Willian and Matic/Fabregas) so it's important to look at those that first eleven for the majority of last season compared to our possible first team this season:

Now, let's also focus on the players that are not named in that starting eleven put forward by Goal.

Danny Drinkwater "definitely wants to play" for England, despite declining a call-up for the Three Lions' November friendlies against Germany and Brazil.

Not our words, Carol. The words of Jamie Vardy, who has assured us that his former Leicester City teammate's excuse that he does not currently feel fit enough for international inclusion is perfectly kosher.

It's barely even begun to sink in, the magnitude, but congratulations of the highest order are most definitely due to Leicester City, who last night became the 24th team to win the English top flight the first title in their history and the first new club to win one for 38 years.

Jamie Vardy has been named the 2016 Footballerof the Year by the Football Writers' Association, narrowly pipping Leicester City teammatesRiyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante in the poll.

290 journalists were asked to vote on the winner, with the Foxes' 22-goal hero coming out on top. Apparently seven different Leicester players received nods in the voting, withVardy, Mahrez, Kante, Wes Morgan, Danny Drinkwater, Kasper Schmeichel and Danny Simpson all included in the running.

Leicester's Danny Drinkwater has insisted there will be no change in the club's approach as they eye a remarkable Premier League title success.

The Midlands club were 5,000/1 outsiders to be crowned champions of England before the season started.

Yet they now lead England's top flight by seven points from second-placed Tottenham Hotspur and head into this weekend's match at home to West Ham needing just three wins from their final five league games this season to complete a stunning title success.

Leicester's Danny Drinkwater has insisted there will be no change in the club's approach as they eye a remarkable Premier League title success.

The Midlands club were 5,000/1 outsiders to be crowned champions of England before the season started.

Yet they now lead England's top flight by seven points from second-placed Tottenham Hotspur and head into this weekend's match at home to West Ham needing just three wins from their final five league games this season to complete a stunning title success.

Given that Leicester City have a bigger leadat the top of the Premier League than fellow table-toppers Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus all currently possessin their respective leagues, the probabilityof themactually pulling this bloody thing off is becoming less unthinkable as the weeks go by.

Congratulations are most definitely due to Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater, who has received his first ever call-up to the England squad for the upcoming Euro 2016 warm-up friendlies against Germany and the Netherlands.

Drinkwater, 26, has put in a hell of a shift in the middle for the Foxes this season, grafting away tirelessly while the likes of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez continue to gild the lily upfront.

London (AFP) – Antonio Conte says the injury problems that threaten to derail Chelsea’s season have been caused by his side’s increased workload.

Conte’s team have lost their last two Premier League matches against Manchester City and Crystal Palace as the injury bug bites ahead of Roma’s visit to Stamford Bridge in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Chelsea take on Arsenal at Stamford Bridge this afternoon and this early in the season both teams cannot afford to drop points. It's imperative that Chelsea keep up with the pace of Manchester City.Chelsea head into the game with just new signing Danny Drinkwater ruled out with a muscular problem, everyone else is reported fit with Gary Cahill available after suspension and Eden Hazard pushing for a return to the starting line up.

That's it. The summer transfer window has closed, with the Premier League racking up an enormous net spend of £665million in the process taking the top-flight's total 25-year outlay past the £1.41billion mark.

What's in a name? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet, as Shakespeare asked? Maybe. But maybe not. Names and words and language are important. They give structure to our thoughts, dreams, hopes, and values. When you learn to speak a second language and start to dream in it, you can float about and feel emancipated.

The Rest

Ahead of EURO 2016, UEFA has published its latest rankings for players from teams involved in the competition, with none other than England's James Milner named as the fifth best player.

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The 'SOCAR Player Barometer' uses performance data for both club and country from the start of 2016 for its rankings, with only Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet outdoing Milner.